Sarepta Therapeutics Inc (SRPT): Today's Featured Drugs Winner

Sarepta Therapeutics was a winner within the drugs industry, rising 74 cents (2.9%) to $26.02 on light volume.

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Sarepta Therapeutics ( SRPT) pushed the Drugs industry higher today making it today's featured drugs winner. The industry as a whole closed the day down 1.6%. By the end of trading, Sarepta Therapeutics rose 74 cents (2.9%) to $26.02 on light volume. Throughout the day, 1.3 million shares of Sarepta Therapeutics exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 2.7 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $25.25-$27.25 after having opened the day at $25.50 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $25.28. Other companies within the Drugs industry that increased today were: AcelRx Pharmaceuticals ( ACRX), up 22.8%, Synergy Pharmaceuticals ( SGYP), up 12.3%, Palatin Technologies ( PTN), up 11.5%, and Supernus Pharmaceuticals ( SUPN), up 9.6%.

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Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the discovery and development of RNA-based therapeutics for the treatment of serious and life-threatening rare and infectious diseases. Sarepta Therapeutics has a market cap of $683.7 million and is part of the health care sector. The company has a P/E ratio of -10, below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 3293.3% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are five analysts that rate Sarepta Therapeutics a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and none rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Sarepta Therapeutics as a sell. The company's weaknesses can be seen in multiple areas, such as its weak operating cash flow and disappointing return on equity.